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1,073,596, Patented Sept. 23, 1913.

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ELECTRIC CABLE.

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UNITED STATES Ol hl HENRY G. EGERTON, 0],BIDGIWOOD, NEWJERSEY, ASSIGNOR T0 WESTERN ELEGTIELIC COMPANY, OF NEW YQBK, N. Y,, A QOBIORATION 0F ILLINOIS.

ELECTRIC CABLE.

specification of Letters Patent. Application filed February 9, 1911. Serial No. 607,609.

Patented Sept. 23., lull T 0 (Ellen/tom it may concern.

Be it known that I, HENRY G. EGERTON, citizen of the United States, residing at Ridgewood, in the county of Bergen and State of New Jersey, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Electric Gables, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description.

This invention relates to submarine cables and more particularly to cables which are loaded in accordance with the Wellknown' Pupin system. The loading coils may be assembled in substantial metallic protective cases and connected into the cable at intervals to form a part thereof.

It is the object of this invention in general to provide an improved construction for loading coil cases and for cable joints where by the coils within the case or the cable c0n-' ductors at the joints are protected from moisture and mechanical injury,

In accordance, with one feature of the invention a junction member for uniting severed sections of the cable is made in the form of a pipe, preferably longitudinally split, and provided with devices for gripping or clamping the cable armor, together with means for securing these devices to the junction member. Such junction members may be used at each end of a loading coil case where they serve to protect the joints between stub ends or" cable extending from the coil case and the main cable sections; or

they may be used independently and in such use they serve to inclose and protect ordinary cable splices.

Another feature consists in the provision of specially formed end plugs which maybe weldedto the case after the coils and their connections are in place without danger of injury to any of the parts of the structure from heat.

In accordance with another feature of the invention the stubs formed of the cable leads extend respectively through short lengths 0fcable sheathing in the ends of the case, which sheathing is sulliciently greater in diameter than the inclosed stubs to provide annular passages for the entry of suitable moistureproof conipound.

These and other features of the invention will be more particularly pointed out in the accompanying claims.

In the drawings-Figure 1 is a perspective view of the completed case inclosing the after being subjected to the various processes necessary to drive 05 moisture and pre vent them from thereafter absorbing moistors, are slipped upon an axial support (not shown) which may be of wood, between blocks 6, also of wood, placed at intervals between the coils, the function of these blocks being to rest upon. the interior face of the p1pe and support the loading coils centrally Within the case prior to the filling operation. Screws 7 in the legs 7 of the spiders 8, 9 when tightened serve to maintain the structure rigid Within the case. A twisted cable stub 8., 9 is associated with each end of the case and so connected with the coils 4 that the winding of each coil terminates in a pair of conductors in each cable stub. These stubs extend to the exterior of the case 1 at its ends through plugs 10, 11., respectivclv, for connection with the ends of the cable sections 12-.

Each plug 10, 11 in the present embodiment is cylindrical in form and provided with exterior screw threads which engage with cooperating threads on the interioflof the respective end of the case 1. The opening in the plugs 10, 11 through which the respective cable stubs 8, 9 pass is cylindrical in form and its walls are prolonged or eX- tendcd for a considerable length in both directions asat 13, 14 providing a comparatively long channel within which a short length of lead cable sheath 15 is inserted and connected thereto at each end by carefully wiped joints 16, 17. Referring to the plug shownin Fig. 2, the periphery 21 er: tends to the left of the part 22, which I shall for convenience of description refer to as the plane of the plug, and this peripheral portion encircles the prolongation 14, these parts 21 and 14 forming in edect concentric circular walls closed at the inner end by the part 22 just mentioned, thus providing an annular recess 19 for a purposehereinafter fully set forth. These plugs are each case. For this reason the preferably made of machine steel to avoid excessive electrolytic action attendant upon the use of brass or copper should the case be submerged in salt water, and the plug is wiped in two places 16, 17, as stated, to

union with lead and steel. The .lugs 10, 11 after havin been threaded wit in the respective end; of the case are welded thereto. ltis important the heat incidental to the welding operation be confined to a very small. region around the circumference 18 of thecase l and not allowed to aiiect the lead sheath 1-5 and its wiped joints 16, 17,101 the coils within the plug is recessed as at 19 to enable the outside wiped joint 17 to be protected in any suitable manner, preferably by a water jacket, or asbestos sleeve slipped over the outwardly extending wall i i and said splice, from radiating directly across, or the. flame of the welding torch actually contacting with it, and to protect the inside wiped joint 16 and the lead sheath generally a water jacket may encircle the exterior surface 20 of the case 1; thus preventing the heat reaching the lead parts by conduction through the periphery 2].and connecting web 22 of the plug.

The loading coil cable stubs 8, 9 are of substantially smaller diameter than the lead sheaths 15 to provide a passage shown at 4:5 for a suitable moistureproot compound 24 which is allowed to flow in after the plugs 10, 11 have been welded to case 1. This or an equivalent construction is necessary, for the case must be weldedbefore being completely filled with compound, for if the case were filled prior to the welding operation the heat incident thereto would boil the compound and the resultant gases would prevent a successful weld. The major portion of the case-that surrounding the coils l-is, however, for convenience preferabl filled before the plugs 10, 11 are attache leaving the relatively smaller chambers 1mniediately adjacent the plugs to be filled subsequent to the welding operation. The construction described moreover enables the air to be exhausted from the said chambers and the moistureproof compound allowed to flow under the pressure of the atmosphere,

in which is a very desirable feature, since I am thereby enabled to totally fill. the case with the compound, which would be impossible unless the air were exhausted due to the fact that the walls 13 of the passages, through which the compound flows, extend well into the case. This eliminates the possibility of mined joint being imperfectly wiped, .which liability is emphasized in a that during this operationthus preventing the heat.

tion' of the lead sheath tion the cases are shipped to the place of in' stallation and during the process of laying the cable are interposed therein at predeterintervals. A longitudinally-split metallic cylinder 30 is provided for each end of the containing case and is adapted to in close and protect the splices 36; 37 between the projecting coil stubs and the respective cable sections and also to form a support for devices adapted to 'p the cable armor, which is thus employs to take up mechanical strain and thereby protect the spliced joints and coil connections.

The 0 erations incident to uniting one end of t e case with the associated cable section, the other being similar, are as follows: A conical collar 25 and thimble 26 are slipped upon the section 19., the thimble being movedback on the cable a distance equal to the'length of the cylinder 30 and The steel the collar 25 a greater distance. wires 27 whichorm the armor of the cable 12 are then stripped from thh end of the section te this thimble, bent back over the same and securely lashed'to the cable by a serving of galvanized steel wire 28.; A por- I 15 protecting the loading coil stub 8 and of the sheath of the cable proper is cut away and the corresponding conductors spliced, a sleeve of lead having'been slipped over the cable end, which-after the conductors are spliced is transferred to the spliced portion and se cured thereover by a. wiped joint 36, 3? at each side. The sections 129, 38 of the longh .tudinally-split cylinder 36 fitted to the case, making a. telescopic joint therewith, the flange 31 coeperatnig with the flange 2 of the case and being secured there to by bolts 39. The collar 25 then moved over the thin ible 26 and bolted 54.- to the cylinder 30. l The tightening of bolts 34: forces the colder 25 toward the athimble 26 which in turn is held rigidly by four legs it) bearing against the ends of the cylinder 30, thus securely clamping the armor wires 2? between the collar and thinible, the legs providing between them curved surfaces, so that uponthe'tight ening of the bolts 34-, the armor wires are rigidly held between these curved surfaces and the cooperating curved surfaces of the inner part ofi'the ring 25,

thus saving them Tom abrasion. ffhe chamber formed by the cylinder 30 is then filled with a moistureprooi compound 41 through openings 45, 46 in the member 29,. which may subsequently be stopped by plugs. The

sections 29, 38 of the split cylinder 30 are then wound with steel 'wireefl to afford greater rigidity. .The entire structure may be served with some fibrous material shown at 43 and the whole thoroughly saturated with some waterproofing compound such as coal tar. As a further protection to this said collar and said thimble to armor between them.

waterproofing a serving of galvanized steel wire 44 is applied.

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1. In combination, "sections of electric cable, sheathing and .a'rmor therefor, an em'elop within which said sections are united,, devices for engaging ,said armor, and clamping means for securing said de vices to said 'emelop, said clamping-means also causing said devic'es to grip said armor.

2. In combination, sections of electric cable, sheathing and armor therefor, a

casing adapted to be associated witlr said "cable, a thimble, a collar, and clamping means for securing said collar to said casmg, sald clamping means also causing the grip said 3. In combination, a junction-member, a collar secured thereto, and a 'thimble between said junction-member and collar, said thimble having feet which engage said unction-member, and curved surfaces between said feet.

4. The combination with an electric cable and the armor thereof, of a hollow metallic member associated with said cable, a thinible surrounding said cable and its armor, said armor beingdoubled back over said thimble and lashed to the cable, anda col- 1 lar encircling said armor and thinible, and having a restricted neck and means for securing said collar, and thereby said thimble and armor to said member.

In witness whereof, I, hereunto subscribe my name this 7th day of February A. D., 1911.

HENRY OEGERTON;

Witnesses:

IRvING MACDONALD, MOR AN VVASHBURN, Jr. 

